President Biya writes to Cameroonians on his 27th Anniversary in Power

 

After 27 years as President of any Republic it is not easy to maintain attention on the day one came to power. Paul Biya of Cameroon has decided to generate a buzz by doing something unusual. At least, it is unusual for him.

He has opted to write a letter to his countrymen and of course supporters of his party - the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement (CPDM). Paul Biya generally addresses the nation by radio and TV broadcast so his option to use the print media is an innovation. What is more is that he sent it directly to all the daily papers in the country regardless of official(state) and private (independent) media dichotomy.

Paul Biya has again enjoined his people to emulate "the spirit of the Lions" or the "fighting spirit of the Lions" in reference to the Cameroon national soccer team (the Indomitable Lions).

Read the President's letter below:

My dear Compatriots, Dear CPDM Militants, On the occasion of this 27th Anniversary of the New Deal, I am very pleased to address you, through this letter, on the future of Cameroon which depends on each and every one of us. It is our individual and collective responsibility. Each person in his own sphere and all of us together have to work actively to build that future. It will be the fruit of our collective effort. It will be what all of us want it to be.

For my part, I want to reiterate that I will never fail, as I promised, you will remember, when taking office as President of the Republic.

As you know, we are patiently building our country on solid foundations. When we look at the world around us, we appreciate better our options and actions, we better understand, I am sure, the need to specially and jealously ensure the strengthening of peace, reinforcement of democracy and consolidation of unity, which remain the pillars of nation building as well as guarantors of development, progress and our common future. Peace, unity and democracy are sound values which I have always advocated and which we must constantly consolidate. No price is too much to pay for them but they are still fragile. That is why today again, on this occasion, I am reiterating my appeal for permanent vigilance so as not to compromise our precious achievements in these domains. As for me, the ideal is that these values should be firmly and definitively entrenched in our attitudes, habits and behaviours.

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After 27 years as President of any Republic it is not easy to maintain attention on the day one came to power. Paul Biya of Cameroon has decided to generate a buzz by doing something unusual. At least, it is unusual for him.

He has opted to write a letter to his countrymen and of course supporters of his party - the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement (CPDM). Paul Biya generally addresses the nation by radio and TV broadcast so his option to use the print media is an innovation. What is more is that he sent it directly to all the daily papers in the country regardless of official(state) and private (independent) media dichotomy.

Paul Biya has again enjoined his people to emulate "the spirit of the Lions" or the "fighting spirit of the Lions" in reference to the Cameroon national soccer team (the Indomitable Lions).

Read the President's letter below:

My dear Compatriots, Dear CPDM Militants, On the occasion of this 27th Anniversary of the New Deal, I am very pleased to address you, through this letter, on the future of Cameroon which depends on each and every one of us. It is our individual and collective responsibility. Each person in his own sphere and all of us together have to work actively to build that future. It will be the fruit of our collective effort. It will be what all of us want it to be.

For my part, I want to reiterate that I will never fail, as I promised, you will remember, when taking office as President of the Republic.

As you know, we are patiently building our country on solid foundations. When we look at the world around us, we appreciate better our options and actions, we better understand, I am sure, the need to specially and jealously ensure the strengthening of peace, reinforcement of democracy and consolidation of unity, which remain the pillars of nation building as well as guarantors of development, progress and our common future. Peace, unity and democracy are sound values which I have always advocated and which we must constantly consolidate. No price is too much to pay for them but they are still fragile. That is why today again, on this occasion, I am reiterating my appeal for permanent vigilance so as not to compromise our precious achievements in these domains. As for me, the ideal is that these values should be firmly and definitively entrenched in our attitudes, habits and behaviours.

Comments

[The Entrepreneur Newsonline Inc.]

Mr Biya's destiny for Cameroon has been to create peace and tranquility for Cameroonians to build. Unfortunately, God gave him lazy complainants....His legacy would be judged by Cameroonians who will come in 200 yearss time. Cameroonians of today are unfit to judge him.....since when did hungry idlers pass fair judgment?

[Danny Boy]

The Entrepreneur,
you are a product of that failed State and all her systems! Sloppy journalism.
" since when did hungry idlers pass judgement?"
Hungry idlers in Cameroon? As I commented in one of my ripostes, logic escapes you! So you accept that there is hunger in Cameroon! A failed agricultural system or a failed State with all her big ambitions!
My Brother is lost between Kumba and Mamfe. With the broken bridge and landslides in Bamenda, he thought he could get home through Mamfe! I hope he is not turkey to some Abeo-kotats in your jungles!

[The Entrepreneur Newsonline Inc.]

Danny Boy...
Yes, Like in China too?
http://mgv.mim.edu.my/MMR/0306/frame.htm

[Danny Boy]

The Entrepreneur,
have visited your link above. Do me a favour and read too this World Bank Report of 1993!It is on the same region!

'World Bank; 1993. The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy, New York: Oxford University Press. August--October 1993; Volume 4, Number 4.'

I would pray that others read this report too.

Thanks.

[The Entrepreneur Newsonline Inc.]

...naivete!
who is the world bank? do asian countries have better public policy than Egypt & Botswana? Are World Bank reports more authentic than what we know? do you know how much money western governments pumped into Korea, Malaysia and Singapore so that North Korea, China and Russia should look like a pittance? please....
(1)Asian states e,g, South Korea where ruled by military dictators supported by the west who pumped in money to prevent them from giving face to the Chinese communist leadership
(2) the inherent Asian patriotism that African leadership and its citizens like you do not have also contributed to the progress of those states.
where are your chinese coursemates? they've all return to china working for a pitance of yuan to build the land that they will live in their old age.....
(3) please, stop this childish deceit! Stop fooling yourself..........